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abc4j API Specification
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This document is the API specification for the abc4j musical library dedicated 
                to the <A href="http://abcnotation.org.uk">abc musical notation</A>; for more 
                information, please have a look at <A href="http://abc4j.googlecode.com">the official home page</A> 
                for tutorials, wikis, discussion group and so on...
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="#overview_description"><B>Description</B></A>
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<TD>This package defines all classes related to tunes in abc notation.</TD>
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<TD>This package contains classes for displaying abc related objects in swing UI components.<BR/>
        Such components are closely linked to music abstractions defined in package abc.notation and
        propose advanced UI components that take advantage of information offered by objects 
        such as <TT>Tune</TT>, <TT>Tune.Music</TT> etc...</TD>
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This document is the API specification for the abc4j musical library dedicated 
                to the <A href="http://abcnotation.org.uk">abc musical notation</A>; for more 
                information, please have a look at <A href="http://abc4j.googlecode.com">the official home page</A> 
                for tutorials, wikis, discussion group and so on...
                The abc4j java library provides API to handle ABC musical notation using java 
                (1.2 but core classes only use 1.1.8).<BR>
                It provides a parser to parse tunes written in ABC notation, 
                and basic other helper classes in order to play them using midi etc etc.<BR>
                It only supports ABC v1.6 and relies on the 
                <A href="http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/abcbnf.htm">BNF definition of the notation</A>.<BR>
                The purpose is also to define interfaces that can be implemented in order to
                extend basic capabilities of the library (for instance : improved midi player, 
                musical score display...)<BR>
                The library also includes a Java Application that demonstrates some of the 
                features of the library : ABCynth.<BR>
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